Subcommittee on Africa Global Health Global Human Rights and International Organizations
This hearing will discuss the U.S.'s recent declaration that ISIS's targeting of Yazidis and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria constitutes genocide.
This hearing in the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will discuss how the U.S. can foster the growth of democracy in Africa. Wtnesses will testify from the Department of State, USAID, and several non profit organizations.
The Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing to examine the U.S.'s role in combatting Boko Haram and confronting other threats in Nigeria.
Panel I
The Honorable Donald Booth
Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan
U.S. Department of State
[full text of statement]
A hearing on the chances for peace in the country of South Sudan.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
The Honorable Thomas Perriello
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa
U.S. Department of State
Mr. David Hong
Director of Global Policy
One Acre Fund
Witnesses
Panel I:
The Honorable Robert P. Jackson
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Panel II
Mr. Paul Ronan
Co-Founder and Project Director
The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative
Mr. Sasha Lezhnev
Associate Director of Policy
Enough Project
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the unfolding crisis in Burundi.
The United States has experienced a troubled relationship with the southern African nation of Zimbabwe from its founding in 1980 until today. President Robert Mugabe has ruled through repressive tactics since he rose to power. This hearing will examine current U.S. policy and look ahead to what the post-Mugabe landscape might look like